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Need To Know | Feeling the Effects of Climate Change | PBS

Duration: 13:36
Program: Need to Know #154
Broadcast Date: May. 20, 2011

A rare but deadly fungal disease once known only in tropical climates is infecting people in the Pacific Northwest -- and researchers say climate change may be why. Need to Know medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay examines how a warming climate is already affecting our health -- making allergies worse, affecting the spread of infectious diseases, and pushing the extremes of killer weather.

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